Buddha-Carita [sanskrit]

by E. B. Cowell | 2003 | 11,474 words | ISBN-10: 8187418788 | ISBN-13: 9788187418788

The Buddha Carita (Saddharma-pundarika) by Asvaghosa a famous Sanskrit text revolving around the live and exploits of the Buddha. The Buddha Carita (Buddhacarita) is written in the style of a Kavya (or Mahakavya, epic poetry) and extant original Sanskrit text consists of roughly 1,000 metrical verses.

Verse 13.56

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भूतं ततः किञ्चिददृश्यरूपं विशिष्टरूपं गगनस्थमेव ।
दृष्ट्वार्षये द्रुग्धमवैररुष्टं मारं बभाषे महता स्वरेण ॥ ५६ ॥

bhūtaṃ tataḥ kiñcidadṛśyarūpaṃ viśiṣṭarūpaṃ gaganasthameva |
dṛṣṭvārṣaye drugdhamavairaruṣṭaṃ māraṃ babhāṣe mahatā svareṇa || 56 ||

Then some being of invisible shape, but of preeminent glory, standing in the heavens,—beholding Mara thus malevolent against the seer,—addressed him in a loud voice, unruffled by enmity:
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (13.56). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhuta, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Kincid, Kincit, Adrish, Adrishya, Arupa, Vishishtarupa, Gaganastha, Eva, Yah, Yat, Drugdha, Ava, Aru, Arus, Mara, Mahat, Mahata, Svara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 13.56). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “bhūtaṃ tataḥ kiñcidadṛśyarūpaṃ viśiṣṭarūpaṃ gaganasthameva ”
bhūtam -
bhūta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhūta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

bhūtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[injunctive active second dual]
tataḥ -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
kiñcid -
kiñcid (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

kiñcit (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

kiñcit (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

kiñcit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
adṛśya -
adṛśya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

adṛśya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

adṛś (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

adṛś (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
arūpam -
arūpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

arūpa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

arūpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
viśiṣṭarūpam -
viśiṣṭarūpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

viśiṣṭarūpa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
gaganastham -
gaganastha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

gaganastha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

gaganasthā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “dṛṣṭvārṣaye drugdhamavairaruṣṭaṃ māraṃ babhāṣe mahatā svareṇa ”
dṛṣṭvā -
√dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dṛś]
arṣa -
√ṛṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
ye -
ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
drugdham -
drugdha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

drugdha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

drugdhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
avair -
ava (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
aruṣ -
arus (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

arus (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

aru (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√ṛ (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]

√ṛ (verb class 3)

[perfect active third plural]

√ṛ (verb class 5)

[perfect active third plural]

√rā (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third plural]
ṭam -
ṭa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ṭa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

ṭā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
māram -
māra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

māra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

mārā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
babhāṣe -
√bhāṣ (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
mahatā -
mahat (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

mahat (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

mahatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
svareṇa -
svara (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

svara (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]